Category: Event

As part of winning the Atiyeh Prize, the week of November 12 I attended the Middle East Librarians Association (MELA) and Middle East Studies Association (MESA) conferences. My work with Syriac Paleography is actually what introduced me to the digital humanities as an undergraduate at Mount Holyoke College. I began as a research assistant on … Continue reading “Conference Lessons: The Realities of DH and Librarianship”

**This event has been cancelled due to inclement weather** The Triangle Digital Humanities Network is hosting an initial interest meeting at The Frontier in Research Triangle Park. There will be delicious snacks. Everyone is welcome, whether you’re a seasoned veteran or just a little DH-curious. We especially encourage graduate students, adjunct faculty, people from smaller … Continue reading “TDHN Interest Meeting 12/10/18 **Cancelled**”

This week is Open Access Week, and libraries around the world are sharing information with our communities about the economics of scholarly publishing, and movements toward greater access to knowledge. As part of this effort, many are taking the opportunity to hold screenings of a new documentary called Paywall: The Business of Scholarship. We’re doing … Continue reading “Paywall: The Business of Scholarship at Duke (11/5)”

Thursday, October 18 – 12:00pm Bostock 121 (Murthy Digital Studio) Liz Milewicz and William Shaw The nature of digital humanities work can be as diverse as the humanities itself, making it difficult to understand what it is, let alone how to incorporate it into one’s scholarly practice. Will Shaw (Digital Humanities Consultant) and Liz Milewicz (Head of Digital Scholarship Services) … Continue reading “Digital Brown Bag Lunch Series: What is DH? A Gentle Introduction”

A day-long conference on digital humanities This conference will focus on planning, logistics, and long-term maintenance of digital humanities (DH) projects. Welcoming experts who employ digital humanities tools and methods in their research and the classroom as well as specialists on project management, sustainability, and the legal and ethical implications of DH, the conference will … Continue reading “Digital Humanities Nuts and Bolts: From Idea to Sustainable Project”

***This event was rescheduled due to Hurricane Florence*** The Department of History and the Visual Narrative Cluster at NC State present: “URBANIZATION AND ITS DISCONTENTS Eviction and Displacement in Global Historical Perspective” a talk by ZEPHYR FRANK Stanford University Oct 18 Thursday 4:30 pm Free and open to the Public Withers Hall, Room 140 North … Continue reading “Zephyr Frank at NCSU (10/18) (RESCHEDULED)”

This wasn’t just an objectively funny characterization of a digital publishing platform! It also exemplifies why I love digital humanities. In applying digital methodologies for research and scholarship to humanistic ways of thinking, we look the other way as well. #triangledh

@AnneliseHeinz If you take a shit ton of photos in the archives, it may be for you. But I don’t think you can export the data to other places. Plus, I tapped out. The instructor was going too fast and the workshop ended early. #triangledh